Question

A company has determined that it must increase production of a certain line of goods by 112 times last years production. The new output will be 2885 items. What was last year's output?

Answer 1

Answer: 26 items

Explanation:

Let x denotes the last year's output.

Given : A company has determined that it must increase production of a certain line of goods by 112 times last years production.

The new output will be 2885 items.

According to the above statement we have the following equation :-

`112x=2885`

Divide both sides by 112, we get

`x=25.7589285714\approx26`

Hence, the last year's output =26 items